"A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces." --Madeline
Miller
"A shining tour de force about a long friendship's respects,
disrespects, loyalties and moralities." **--**Ali Smith
From the acclaimed author of Home Fire, the moving and surprising
story of a lifelong friendship and the forces that bring it to the
breaking point
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**Zahra and Maryam have been best friends since childhood in Karachi,
even though--or maybe because--they are unlike in nearly every way. Yet
they never speak of the differences in their backgrounds or their
values, not even after the fateful night when a moment of adolescent
impulse upends their plans for the future.
Three decades later, Zahra and Maryam have grown into powerful women who
have each cut a distinctive path through London. But when two troubling
figures from their past resurface, they must finally confront their
bedrock differences--and find out whether their friendship can survive.
Thought-provoking, compassionate, and full of unexpected turns, Best of
Friends offers a riveting take on an age-old question: Does principle
or loyalty make for the better friend?
